Basile, Giuseppe (ed.) — Giotto : la Cappella degli Scrovegni.

Milano : Electa, 1992. Hardcover. Dustjacket. 387 pp. color illustrations. 29 cm. Italian text. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : very good. - OCLC 28069355. Profoundly illustrated book on the Giotto frescoes in the Scrovegni Chapel, a small church, adjacent to the Augustinian monastery, the Monastero degli Eremitani in Padua, region of Veneto, Italy. The chapel and monastery are now part of the complex of the Museo Civico of Padua. The chapel contains a fresco cycle by Giotto, completed about 1305 and considered to be an important masterpiece of Western art. In 2021, the chapel was declared part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the 14th-century fresco cycles comprehending 8 historical buildings in Padua city centre. Specifically the Scrovegni Chapel contains the most important frescoes that marked the beginning of a revolution in mural painting and influenced fresco technique, style, and content for a whole century. The author was also the supervisor of a full-scale restoration of Giotto's frescoes between 2000 and 2002.